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Phased Array Antennas for Radar and Communications

Program ID: DEF 1502P
Program type: Short Courses (weekday)
CEUs: 2.0

Location/
(Accommodations)		 Program Administrator Start End Status Cost
Country Inns & Suites, Denver
(Country Inns & Suites, Denver)		 Mr. Mark Mitchell April 6, 2010 April 8, 2010 Register here $1,495.00
Section ID: 10167/220410371

    NOTES:
  • -- On the first day, check in at least 30 minutes before the class start time.
  • -- Discount available for companies that send 3 or more people to this course. Call 404-385-3501 to register your group.
  • -- Georgia Tech employees should call 404-385-3501 to register by phone, and have their PeopleSoft number ready.

Meeting time(s):
•Tuesday, April 6, 2010 (8:00 AM-5:00 PM)
•Wednesday, April 7, 2010 (8:00 AM-5:00 PM)
•Thursday, April 8, 2010 (8:00 AM-5:00 PM)

Course Description

Learn more about phased array antenna theory, design practices, and state-of-the-art technologies. Focus on practical issues, such as required design trade-offs, technology limitations, effects of errors, and characterization, alignment, and calibration techniques. Review basic array theory, definitions, notation, and concepts.

NOTE: The off-campus version does not contain the laboratory exercises taught in the Smyrna, Ga., offering. Both versions count equally toward the Antenna Engineering, the Radar Signal Processing & Techniques Certificate, and the Radar Systems Certificate.

Who Should Attend

  • Engineers
  • Engineering managers

How You Will Benefit

  • Examine the theory and motivation for phased arrays
  • Master basic technologies and explore emerging technologies
  • Know how the components are made into a system and how to get wide bandwidth out of a phased array
  • Explore the applications of phased arrays, special techniques and designs, and concrete examples

What You Will Cover

  • Antenna Basics
  • Linear Arrays
  • Planar Arrays
  • Array Architecture
  • Pattern Synthesis
  • Element Radiators
  • Feeds and Monpulse
  • Phase Shifters
  • Transmit/Receive Modules
  • Technology Trade-Offs
  • Wideband Arrays
  • Errors
  • Subarrays
  • Antenna Measurements
  • Alignment and Calibration
  • Scanning Without Phase Shifters
  • Broadband Arrays
  • Low-Cost Arrays
  • Communication Arrays
  • Radar Arrays
  • Software Demonstrations
  • Hardware Examples

Course Materials

Antenna modeling programs will be demonstrated during the course. Participants will receive demonstrated models on a CD-ROM as part of the course materials.

Prerequisites

Basic Antenna Concepts or a working knowledge of antennas is recommended but not required.

Certificates

This course is an elective for the:

The Instructors

Glenn Hopkins, senior research engineer at Georgia Tech Research Institute's Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, has more than 20 years experience in antenna design, analysis, fabrication, and testing. The author of numerous papers in the field, he is active in IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, frequently serving as on conference executive committees, organizing committees, session chairs, and academic committees. Hopkins has conducted diverse research in antennas for DARPA, NASA, and U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force.

Robert Howard, Georgia Tech Research Institute senior research engineer, has more than 20 years experience in phased-array antenna design, analysis, and modeling, and phased-array radar-system engineering. He has done research in wideband techniques, antenna architectures, and system performance issues and has examined the impact of phased array errors from alignment and calibration residuals and solid-state failure mechanisms. His recent research efforts include digital beamforming, adaptive processing, and low-power/low-cost arrays.

Mark Mitchell, chief engineer of Georgia Tech Research Institute's Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, has more than 22 years experience in the field of phased array antennas. He has been part of the government team in the development of numerous phased array systems, including THAAD radar, GBR-P, SPY-3, and Cobra Judy Replacement S-Band and X-Band phased arrays. Mitchell has published more than 30 papers on phased array antennas and technologies.

Course Administrator

For more information about this course or an offering at your location, contact the course administrator:

Mark Mitchell
404-407-7158
mark.mitchell@gtri.gatech.edu

Course Location and Times

  • Huntsville, Ala., GTRI Field Office
  • 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday

    • On the first day, check in at least 30 minutes before class start time.

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